CHAPTER 490
An Act to amend and reenact Chapter 57, Acts of Assembly, 1956,
approved February 16, 1956, which authorized the governing bodies
of certain counties to create departments of license inspection, to
provide for the appointment, powers and pay of license inspectors
and employees therefor; and authorizing such governing bodies to
make rules and regulations pertaining thereto.

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Approved March 31, 1962

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That Chapter 57, Acts of Assembly, nineteen hundred fifty-six, ap-
proved February sixteen, nineteen hundred fifty-six, be amended and
reenacted as follows:

§ 1. The governing body of any county having a population of less
than forty-one thousand and adjoining a city of more than two hundred
thirty thousand population and of any county having a population of more
than seventy thousand, and adjoining four cities in this State may by
resolution provide for the creation of a department of license inspection
with a license inspector in charge of such department. The license inspec-
tor shall be appointed by the governing body of the county. The license
inspector shall enforce the ordinances of the county with regard to licenses
and license taxes, review any and all records of the commissioner of
revenue, other than income tax returns, and examine and audit the books
of all persons, firms and corporations whom he has reasonable cause to
believe to be liable to payment of any license levied by the county. The
license inspector shall be paid a salary for his services to be fixed by the
governing body. The governing body of the county may employ any such
persons as it deems necessary for the operation of such department. The
governing body may make such rules and regulations as it deems expe-
dient for the operation of such department.

2. An emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.